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Gryponychidae
Taxonomy
Gryponychidae was named by Huene (1932). Its type is Gryponyx.
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeosauridae by Romer (1956); it was synonymized subjectively with Thecodontosauridae by Romer (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Heerden (1979); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchisauridae by Steel (1970), Galton (1973) and Cooper (1981).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Young (1942), Huene (1948) and Haughton and Brink (1954).
It was synonymized subjectively with Palaeosauridae by Romer (1956); it was synonymized subjectively with Thecodontosauridae by Romer (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Plateosauridae by Heerden (1979); it was synonymized subjectively with Anchisauridae by Steel (1970), Galton (1973) and Cooper (1981).
It was assigned to Carnosauria by Young (1942), Huene (1948) and Haughton and Brink (1954).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Gryponychidae Huene |
| 1942 | Gryponychidae Young p. 99 |
| 1948 | Gryponychidae Huene p. 89 |
| 1954 | Gryponychidae Haughton and Brink p. 4 |
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